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2handband

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Registered: 2011-01-21

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Pacman commands returning error code with no log output

I'm trying to get an update notifier working, and it requires an error code of 0 for "pacman -Qu". Mine is returning an error code of 1. The log, however, is not capturing an error.

Anyone know how I can determine what the error is?

Last edited by 2handband (2024-11-25 11:55:08)

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dimich

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From: Kharkiv, Ukraine

Registered: 2009-11-03

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Re: Pacman commands returning error code with no log output

Anyone know how I can determine what the error is?

There is no error. Non-zero exis status of "-Qu" means that there is nothing to update.

WorMzy

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Re: Pacman commands returning error code with no log output

Before you go any further, please read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … nsupported

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V1del

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Re: Pacman commands returning error code with no log output

Also you don't want to operate on pacmans database directly if this is really intended to be just a notifier, just use checkupdates from pacman-contrib instead.